[squish78]

You can hardly hear a chainsaw a half-mile away through a thick forest. Nobody is policing the off-road trails through the woods. Typically this would be for pricier woods like black walnut or mahogany, not your standard cheap framing timber

[toomuchtodo]

Can you optimize for tree species that are native, CO2 absorbing, but not desirable for harvesting?

[squish78]

Optimize what?

[toomuchtodo]

Pick trees that absorb CO2 but aren’t worth cutting down. Sorry that wasn’t clear.

[squish78]

All trees absorb CO2 for cell growth. The aforementioned exotic tree poachers are negligible in their effect on carbon uptake because only a few selected trees make a big payday. The majority of deforestation clear-cutting you hear about in the rainforest is to clear land for cattle pastures, not for harvesting timber. Most timber companies are required to replant saplings in the land they clear.

Growing industrial hemp and bamboo is the fastest way to recapture carbon into useful materials because you can harvest multiple times a year

[toomuchtodo]

How do you ensure native rainforest and the like aren’t clearcut to grow hemp or bamboo?

[squish78]

Timber (initially) and beef production are the main reason these rainforests are getting cleared. It wouldn't make financial sense whatsoever to clearcut a forest to plant hemp